Pep Guardiola informed that the decision not to renew Kevin De Bruyne's contract was a club strategy for financial flexibility amidst a squad overhaul this summer. De Bruyne announced his departure in an emotional post, emphasizing the end of his ten-year tenure at Manchester City. Guardiola acknowledged his role in the decision, explaining the necessity of this course regarding the player's injury challenges. The manager indicated that both management and medical evaluations influenced the decision, as the demanding football schedule affected the player's physical condition significantly.
Guardiola has previously stressed that discussions over De Bruyne's future did not concern him. "What happens belongs to him and the club," he claimed in February.
"The decision has been made for the club, and the club is the club. Me, Txiki, and the club, so this is what it is. It was not easy for me to tell him it won't continue."
"We have to sit down with the doctors, with physios, with the players, with the agents, and be clear that some of them cannot sustain every three days, every month, every two months, playing every three, four days."
De Bruyne's body has failed to keep up with football's unrelenting schedule over the previous two seasons, as Guardiola pointed out this week: "The last year and a half he was out injured because he gave everything."
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